The client has received an anesthetic injected deeper into the body. The nurse is aware that toxicity is an infrequent complication of this type of anesthesia:
a. epidural anesthesia c. nerve block
b. local anesthesia d. spinal anesthesia
C
Deeper injection of a local anesthetic directed toward a specific nerve or nerves produces a nerve block. The nerve block is named for the specific nerve(s) being blocked (e.g., brachial plexus block); its effect may last from 1 to 12 hours. Local anesthetic toxicity is an infrequent complication of nerve blocks.
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